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Tsunami

Tsunami. What is a tsunami. A tsunami is a series of huge waves that happen after an underwater sea disturbance such as an earthquake or volcanic eruption . continued.

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Tsunami

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  1. Tsunami

  2. What is a tsunami Atsunami is a series of huge waves that happen after an underwater sea disturbance such as an earthquake or volcanic eruption

  3. continued The waves travel in all directions from the area of disturbance, the waves may travel in the open sea as fast as 450 miles per hour as the big waves approach shallow waters along the coast.

  4. continued They grow to a great height and smash into the shore, they can be as high as one hundred feet and can cause a lot of destruction!

  5. Hawaii Hawaii is the state at greatest risk for tsunami. They get about one a year a damaging tsunami happened in about every seven years. Washington California and Alaska are also at high risk …

  6. How's a tsunami formed ?? A Tsunami is formed when two plates collide causing an underwater earthquake otherwise known as tsunami. Here's a diagram of how a tsunami’s formed

  7. Facts About 80% of tsunamis happen within the ‘Pacific Ring Of Fire’ a very active area where tectonic shifts make volcanoes and earthquakes very common

  8. Did you know?? Waves are typically caused by large undersea earthquakes at tectonic plate boundaries.

  9. Tsunami wave from 2004 tsunami on boxing day!

  10. Tremors from the St. Stephens day tsunami

  11. St. Stephen's day tsunami Stephen’s day tsunami known as boxing day tsunami occurred on the 26th December 2004. The day after Christmas. Many people were in foreign countries for Christmas and were enjoying their holidays near resorts.

  12. Stephens day Tsunami! The Indian and Burma Plate collided which caused a tsunami. The tsunami hit many Countries killing everything in its path. The tsunami was a devastating 7.8 on the ricter scale. This was a time bomb for many country’s around the Indian ocean.

  13. The 2004 tsunami hit Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and the east coast of India, Somalia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, the Maldives, the Seychelles and the Indian-owned Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

  14. Indonesia suffered the greatest number of casualties, with an estimated loss of nearly 168,000 people, and more that half a million left homeless. Sri Lanka, India and Thailand also suffered heavy loss of life and destruction. .

  15. Stephen’s day tsunami casualty's Casualties occurred in 12 countries and are estimated at around 230,000 with nearly 1.7 million people displaced. 55 countries lost people to the tsunami, many of them tourists. Germany and Sweden suffered the greatest loss of lives among countries not directly hit. Five New Zealanders died and 26 Australians.

  16. Tsunami Waves

  17. Tsunami effects: Tsunami causes serious damage . It wrecks houses, cars , property etc.. And kills animals plants and humans.

  18. By: Eimear EmmaandAdam

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